Foodgrain Production Estimated at 264.77 MT

Groundnut Production at all Time High of 9.67 MT, Pulses Production Estimated at Record 19.27 MT

The Government released the 4th advance estimates of foodgrain production for 2013-14. As per the latest estimates, India has produced 264.77 million tonnes of foodgrains during 2013-14 compared to 257.13 million tonnes in the previous year.

The production estimates for major crops for 2013-14 are as follows:

Total foodgrains - 264.77 million tonnes

Rice - 106.54 million tonnes

Wheat - 95.91 million tonnes

Coarse Cereals - 43.05 million tonnes

Maize - 24.35 million tonnes

Pulses - 19.27 million tonnes

Tur - 3.29 million tonnes

Urad - 1.51 million tonnes

Moong - 1.50 million tonnes

Gram - 9.88 million tonnes

Oilseeds - 32.87 million tonnes

Soyabean - 11.98 million tonnes

Groundnut - 9.67 million tonnes

Rapeseed & mustard - 7.96 million tonnes

Cotton - 36.59 million bales (of 170 kg each)

Sugarcane - 350.02 million tonnes

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